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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Spirits Competitions

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In 2014, we started the North American Bourbon and Whiskey Competition. Spirits are booming globally, and more distilleries and merchant bottled brands are coming online yearly. Staff needs to open boxes to make sure that bottles arrive intact. A small percentage of bottles arrive broken or leaking.

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What Happened To The Scotch Whisky Industry During Prohibition?

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Prohibition resulted in rising corruption and the growth of organised crime to meet the illicit demand of America’s alcohol consumers. The closure and loss of the United States’ domestic bourbon and American rye whisky distilleries created a supply void that the scotch whisky industry sought to fill.

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Why Weather Is More Important In Whiskey-Making Than You Might Think

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The Effect of Weather on Maturation You will notice from the table above, that scotch whisky has a minimum maturation period of three years. By contrast, bourbon has no minimum maturation period, unless it is going to be ‘straight bourbon whiskey’ or ‘bottled in bond straight bourbon whiskey’.

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Escape to Whisky Paradise: The Station Hotel in Rothes

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How To Get Around It’s important to remember that Scotland has a strict zero-alcohol drink-driving policy, meaning you can’t even take a sip of whisky and drive. With hundreds of bottles on offer, there’s something to suit everyone’s taste. Fines, penalty points, and bans are at risk if you do.

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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Johnnie Walker Black Label

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John Walker’s son, Alexander Walker originally created Johnnie Walker Black Label Alexander Walker was responsible for many innovations at Johnnie Walker, including the square bottle. This decision was initially made to enable more bottles to be packed in a small space for transport during export, and to reduce breakages.

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All Of Your Whisky VS. Whiskey Questions Answered

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This is technically correct, as it is just a contraction of the word ‘Scottish’, and will be seen on most scotch whisky labels. It is just an easier way to refer to whisky distilled, matured, and bottled in Scotland, according to the rules promoted by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA). Does it distinguish between the two?

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Is Whisky Gluten Free?

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Despite this, there’s widespread uncertainty about whether whiskey is gluten free amongst consumers, with confusion increasing due to different allergen labeling laws across markets. Should Whiskey Bottles Be Labeled As ‘Gluten Free’? Gluten free allergen labeling laws for whiskey differ between the United States and UK/EU.

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